Shizuka (pink film starlet, Naomi Tani) is the aristocratic wife of Senzo Toyama, the president of a large company. Repulsed by her husband, she enlists her lifelong maid to act as a surrogate to appease his sexual desires. When the maid does not satisfy, Senzo often advances on Shizuka.After threatening to divorce him, Senzo orders his employee, Yoshi, to abduct his wife and train her in the ways of sexually submissiveness. Yoshi, who has been rendered impotent due to a childhood trauma, uses the opportunity to rid himself of his affliction. With the help of his domineering mother, the owner of an adult toy store and pornographer, they break Shizuka’s will and open her perception of pleasure to torture and humiliation.Based on the novel by Oniroku Dan, this beautifully lensed film helped usher in the S&M Roman Porno genre in Japan and numerous sequels and remakes. FLOWER AND SNAKE '74 (aka HANA TO HEBI) was directed by Masaru Konuma (WIFE TO BE SACRIFICED)
